Thor of the same: Ace K’s 11 as Mets sweep

NEW YORK — Needing a win to enter this coming week’s showdown in Washington with some momentum, the Mets on Sunday let their recently minted ace carry them to one.

Quite clearly New York’s best pitcher at this juncture of the season, Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 batters en route to a 3-1 win over the Brewers at Citi Field. Allowing nothing more than an unearned run in seven innings, Syndergaard walked nobody and allowed six hits, dominating Milwaukee to win his third straight start. He owns a 0.82 ERA, 27 strikeouts and one walk over that stretch.

Syndergaard’s counterpart, Chase Anderson, pitched well enough over five innings for the Brewers, but allowed a Michael Conforto solo homer in the first and an Asdrubal Cabrera two-run single in the fourth. That was all Syndergaard needed to push the Mets into a first-place showdown with the Nationals, who took two of three from them this past week.

The Brewers endured the opposite end of that momentum swing, dropping three straight in Flushing after a buoyant series win over the Cubs this past week.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDThe Norse god of strikeouts: For the second straight outing, Syndergaard struck out double-digit batters and walked none. After giving up an unearned run in the first inning, the right-hander fanned eight of the next 11 batters he faced, including seven of eight from the second through fourth innings. …

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